MARIJUANA NEWS ROUNDUP – AUG. 9, 2019

News Americas, NEW YORK, NY, Fri. AUGUST 9, 2019: Here are the marijuana headlines making news globally and in the Caribbean and Latin America for the week-ending August 9, 2019:

Democratic US Presidential hopeful, Bernie Sanders, says he would legalize marijuana by executive order.

Josh Kushner, the brother of Jared Kushner, has gotten Into The Weed Game.

Las Vegas is now also home to the largest cannabis dispensary in the world and its owned by the Las Vegas Paiute Tribe.

A lawmaker in Broward County, Florida has filed HB 25 which would decriminalize the possession of certain amounts of marijuana.

Greater Los Angeles is preparing to open its first-ever cannabis restaurant in West Hollywood – Lowell Farms: A Cannabis Cafe – this September.

In case you are still wondering – Cannabis is already recreationally legal in 11 states, D.C., and Canada and medically legal in 33 states and D.C.

For the first time, San Francisco’s largest summer music festival, Outside Lands, has won approval for cannabis sales and a designated smoking areas.

The maker of Arizona Tea is entering the cannabis market, starting with vape pens and THC-infused gummies.

And three marijuana stocks to consider this week are: Innovative Industrial Properties; HEXO and OrganiGram Holdings.